Photo: SamuelFreli · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 97% of Canadian towns: 5.8%
16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, against 20% in Sainte-Madeleine. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 71% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census found 960 households in the town; by July 2025 the population was about 2,387. Here, 1.3% of residents are immigrants.
What stands out about the people of Sainte-Madeleine
Common-law couples
34% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 97% of Canadian towns; 29% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
More bilingual residents than 79% of Canadian towns: 28%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is English is 66%; Sainte-Madeleine has 0.7%. As a yardstick, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Sainte-Madeleine’s population moved +2% on 2016, less than in 67% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns. The July 2025 estimate adds another 5%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.4%, a lower share than 87% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The largest age band is 60–64: 9.3% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. With a median age of 40.8, Sainte-Madeleine is younger than 58% of Canadian towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women.
In Sainte-Madeleine, 9.4% of households are one-parent families, more than in 67% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The average household has 2.4 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 28% of households are one person living alone.
Sainte-Madeleine sits above 97% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (34%)
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 27% of adults, against a typical 27%. On average, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of renter households than 63% of Canadian towns, at 32%
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
Older homes outnumber new: 23% predate 1961, 20% date from 2001 or later. Measured more widely, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Against a figure of 64% across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses in Sainte-Madeleine comes in at 63%.
Households here have a median income of $82,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $82,000, the middle household in Sainte-Madeleine earned close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Quebec’s towns, the median household income is $74,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 31% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
1.3% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Residents without Canadian citizenship make up 0.4%, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns.
Fewer residents with no religion than 57% of Canadian towns: 33%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for visible minority residents is 0.4% in Sainte-Madeleine and 15% across Canada’s towns. Locally, 2.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity. Elsewhere, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
In Sainte-Madeleine, 13% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 89% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 17% here, 9.5% in the typical town. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 70% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
70% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Around Sainte-Madeleine, 5 of 6 towns have a higher median age
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Madeleine | 2,387 | — | 40.8 | 15% | 1.3% |
| Sainte-Marie-Madeleine | 2,940 | 2.4 km | 42.4 | 17% | 1.9% |
| La Présentation | 2,696 | 7.2 km | 39.2 | 15% | 1.9% |
| Mont-Saint-Hilaire | 19,447 | 8.1 km | 47.2 | 23% | 5.5% |
| Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu | 1,867 | 9.1 km | 50 | 23% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Jean-Baptiste | 3,332 | 9.7 km | 44 | 20% | 2.8% |
| Beloeil | 25,240 | 9.7 km | 42 | 21% | 5.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
Questions about Sainte-Madeleine’s residents
Is Sainte-Madeleine good for families?
Children under 15 are 20% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 56% of households and one-parent families 9.4%. Schools near Sainte-Madeleine are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Sainte-Madeleine?
Median total household income in Sainte-Madeleine was $82,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Sainte-Madeleine?
The latest figure is an estimate: 2,387 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Sainte-Madeleine counted 2,268, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Sainte-Madeleine?
Half the residents are older than 40.8 and half younger; 20% are children under 15 and 15% are 65 or over.
Is Sainte-Madeleine bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 28% are. Another 72% speak only French and 0% only English, and French is the first language of 97%.
How diverse is Sainte-Madeleine?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 1.3%. A visible minority makes up 0.4% and Indigenous residents 2.2%.
What religion are people in Sainte-Madeleine?
Most often Christian (67%) or no religion (33%); other religions make up 0%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).